chapter 158
158.Tell Me Your Wish (Complete)
“You mean my last name?”
[You don’t know the meaning of your last name?]
“I don’t know.”
How do I know? I only found out the name because of the status window.
[Has even his descendants forgotten the meaning of his last name his … ███ …]
What is my last name again? It was a castle I had never seen before in the original work, so I wonder what else is hidden here that makes me react like that. I had no choice but to ask Andras a question.
“Is there a secret hidden in my castle?”
[Huh…What’s your last name… ██████.]
…What?
“Could you say that again?”
[███████.]
I can’t hear anything. Andras’ voice only sounded like an unpleasant noise and he failed to convey any verbal message to me. At best, I learned that there is a big secret hidden in the last name ‘Quartz’.
Why is that last name getting censored?
From what I remember of the original work, I have never heard of a character with this last name.
…Could it be true ending DLC?
No, but how did the story turn out that I was stuck on a deserted island for 10 years?
“I can’t hear anything.”
[This. Was I still reaching out? I’m sorry. I think I made you feel uneasy for no reason. If it were still ████, it would be █████.]
“I understand that something is blocking the message from getting to me. “Is there any way to deliver it in a detour?”
Andra pressed her forehead to my words and lost herself in her thoughts, then opened her mouth with an expression that said this was possible.
[The Demon Church probably knows information about your family. Let’s rob them and get information about their family. I guess there’s only so much I can convey without interference… That’s sad. I can’t even talk to that guy’s descendants.
I don’t have the honor to see ███…]
“Devil’s Church… What do you mean?”
Are you talking about things like the Harpas Church…?
[I’m talking about the idiots who serve people like Harpas, whom you all know very well.]
“Harpas… “
Come to think of it, unlike the original, the Harpas Church was going crazy. Does that have something to do with my family?
[This is all I can say. Sorry.]
“No.”
It was still not a bad reward to have been given even a little bit of this information. Although there were more questions, the milestone was at least set.
[Take this book and use it however you want.]
With those words, the disperse illusioned like a dandelion blowing away in the wind.
The body I possessed also had a hidden secret.
Only homework has increased.
I picked up the book whose case had already disappeared.
A book that tells a disturbing story and that it will make any wish come true has finally arrived in my hands.
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“Wow, blood stains…”
When we left the secret library and arrived at the library in the middle of the night, what greeted us were broken fingernails and blood stains.
How much did you scrape?
“…I’d better clean up a bit and then go.”
“I will help.”
“Me too…”
We used magic to quickly erase the traces. Now no one will know that someone here scratched the wall until it bled. We moved to my studio through the tunnel I had hidden.
“I never thought there would be a secret passage like this in the Academy…”
“Hehe, John made it!”
“John this… ?”
Some of my companions, who were unaware of the existence of the secret passage I had created, looked at me with curious eyes. An expression that asks how they made something like this. I shrugged my shoulders and said.
“You can make it if you have enough time and budget.”
“I don’t think it’s a path that can be created even if there is time and budget… “
Viola criticized my words, but I cheerfully ignored them.
“Yo, John is amazing…”
“He was truly an amazing person.”
“Oh, that’s right!”
Why has the atmosphere suddenly become one of praising me? I roughly sat down on a chair in the studio, looking at my companions who were holding books in their arms. Originally, it wouldn’t have been a bad idea to disband by now, but there was something I needed to say before that.
“This expedition will be kept secret. Someone might have noticed, but if we keep our mouths shut, no one other than those involved will notice. If you are asked where the book came from, give an appropriate answer. In some cases, it’s okay to sell my name.”
No one will come to ask me anyway. If you ask, I was planning to say that I was just borrowing books from the Yeomyeonggwan.
You won’t be able to interrogate me anyway, so it won’t be time to make such an excuse.
“Just looking at the books we brought, it wouldn’t be surprising if we gave John a lot of money…”
Martina looked at me with an expression that somehow pricked her conscience. Is it because she brought 5 thick books? It doesn’t really matter because it’s a good thing if the party members that I’m going to use, or rather recruit, become stronger.
“Never mind. If you guys become stronger, that’s enough for me.”
All I wanted was to become strong enough to deal with all the threats that would come in the second half of the game. Anyway, the only thing I can do is add to the funds, but since I already have a good buyer, I don’t have to worry about money. All I had to do was make money through the prosthetic arm business.
“That’s it, everyone go back. Isn’t it soon curfew?”
“Thank you. Uncle.”
“I will never forget this grace!”
“Thank you. Thanks to you, I think I can reach a higher level.”
I waved my hand in response to the barrage of praise.
“Go quickly and sleep.”
“Then see you next week!”
Everyone left the studio except for those staying at Yeomyeong-gwan. The ones left are me, Karina, Milia, and Elisa. As soon as the people disappeared, Karina sighed and spoke.
“It was a great adventure…”
“Do all explorers fight like that?”
“No. “It’s rare for there to be this many wizards.”
Does a party of three wizards exist? A half-assed wizard needs dozens of gold coins just to ransom him. That’s why wizards are a rare human resource.
“I see…But where did Kiki go?”
“Like a cat, he’s probably just sleeping in a corner somewhere.”
“I wanted to touch it…”
Milia had a glum face, as if she was disappointed that she couldn’t touch Kiki.
“Don’t be sad because you can see cats everywhere. From what I could see, there were cats wandering around Yeomyeonggwan as well.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“Are you talking about the cat I saw on the walk last time?”
While saying that, Karina looked at Lue. When the cat was mentioned, Lue started to tremble and scream.
[I can’t forgive that cat! I will take revenge!]
Jagangducheon of the Grimoire and the Cat, if there was an Thinking such nonsense, I got up from my seat.
“Then let’s go back.”
“I think I’ll sleep well today.”
Karina’s voice was filled with fatigue that could not be hidden. All she did was get treatment, but perhaps even that was too much for her weakened body. I looked at the top of Karina’s head and grabbed the handle of her wheelchair.
“JohnJohn, tomorrow is the weekend, so let’s go have fun!”
“Well, I’m going too, I want to go with you…” ” “
“We’ll talk about tomorrow tomorrow.”
Today I just want to sleep loosely.
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‘I can’t do this…’
As time passed, the rumors about the secret library quieted down.
The person who was spreading the rumor failed to achieve his purpose, and the people who entered the secret library kept silent about the secret library, so there was no room for rumors to spread anymore.
It would have been nice if there were new people entering the secret library, but unfortunately, Johan and his party were the only ones to enter the secret library.
“This can’t be happening…”
Bella bit her nails without realizing it. She didn’t even notice that she was making such a scary face that people around her looked away in shock, and she stared blankly at the midterm scorecard posted on her bulletin board.
4th place.
I was in 4th place.
Her ranking
Next to the letters that say 3rd place, the name ‘Martina Raymond’ is written, replacing her name. Bella couldn’t accept this reality.
During the first semester final exam, Martina ranked 5th. Considering that the gap between 1st, 3rd, and 4th place was quite large, it would not be normal for her to be defeated like this.
‘Secret library… !’
She gritted her teeth as she remembered Bella’s memory of her secret library that she had forgotten, or rather, she had been trying to bury. Because that’s all I could do right now.
“How much effort did you put in…”
Blackish tears fell on the floor. The cosmetics applied to her eyes were melting along with the tears.
She knew it shouldn’t be like this, but she couldn’t stop crying.
Just like that, the sound of sobbing echoed in the hallway.